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W. F. GRAHAM.

HARNESS TRIMMING.

No. 351,433. Patented Oct. 26, 1886.

NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

XVILLIAM F. GRAHAM, OF \VAKEFIELD, RHODE ISLAND.

HARNESS-TRIMMINGZ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.351,433, dated October 26, 1886.

Application filed December 27, 1883. Serial No. 115,783. No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. GRAHAM, of WVakefield, XVashingtoncounty, Rhode Island, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Changeable Initial Harness Ornaments or Rosettes, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part here- 0 Rosettes and harness ornaments haveheretofore been made with letters, figures, or ornamentaldevices on asuitable background behind a protecting glass front, and with a metallicframe permanently uniting said parts intone complete article. Apractical difficulty in the general introduction of such articles isthat the dealer, in order to supply his customers, must keep a fullstock of the complete rosettes or ornaments of the different letters andfigures and in various sizes or styles. This necessitates a large outlayand considerable space devoted to such stock, and it is apt to becometarnished or shop-worn, and consequently undesirable; hence many dealersin harness-trimmings refuse to handle rosettes and ornaments of thisclass. My improvement contemplates furnishing the letters, figures, orornamental devices distinct from the glass and frame, which parts areprovided with screw-threads, so that they may be opened to receive andclosed to protect and retain the letters, &c. This enables the dealer tokeep a few of the frames or bodies on' hand with a varied assortment ofletters, figures, and the like to be inserted in such frames, asdesired. These letters and figures will ordinarily be printed on paperor other material, and when selected will be cut out and attached to thebackground or the under face of the glass. Being cheap, a variety can bekept on hand at little or no expense.

My invention consists in the changeable rosette or ornament, as setforth in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sec tion through a framecomplete with rosette, background, and glass inserted. Fig. 2shows theglass adapted to fit snugly within such frame, and Fig. 3 shows one ofthe letters such as I place beneath the glass when the frame or case isopen.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A is a back plate or disk, eitherflat or dished, provided with a loop, H, by which the whole device maybe attached to the harness.

B is a ring, cast or struck up of metal, provided with aninwardly-projecting flange, Z).

G is a disk or lens of glass, shaped to fit within the ring R, and F isa rosette or-ornament adapted to be secured between the back plate, A,and glass G. The rosette or other ornament being placed upon the backplate, A, and the glass being superposed thereon, the ring R is placedover them and secured by means of a screw-thread, E, with which the ringand back plate are provided.

It 'is obvious that the rosette may be read ily removed and replaced oranother substituted in a very short time.

The marginal or peripheral screw-threads E (shown in Fig. 1) are formedmale and female on the back and annular front of the case, leaving theinterior free to receive the glass and to display the letterunobstructed.

I am aware of the patent to lValkenJune 1.), 1883, showing a rosette inthree parts held to each other by a central screw, which secures them toa loop of the bridle, the screw penetrating and the nut covering thecentral portion of the disk. This would be fatal to the initial rosette,and I do not claim such construction.

I am also aware that the patent to Sloat, August 23, 1881, shows arosette in two parts united to each other by peripheral screwthreads;but as noletters or characters are secured between them, my invention isnot embodied in that device.

Having described my improved rosette, I claim The improved ornament forharness herein described, consisting of the annular back plate threadedon its outer edge and provided'with loop H, the rosette or ornament F,placed thereon, the superposed lens or glass disk G, and the ring R,provided on its back edge with a thread to engage the thread of the backplate and on its front edge with a flange, b, to embrace and hold theglass G, as set forth.

lVM. F. GRAHAM.

Witnesses:

J. G. PERRY, H. B. PERRY.

